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24 y/o tech founder | 1m view/week | 3x Majors CS, Econ, Politic | 30 startup comp wins | Creator of engagekit.io to 10x your LinkedIn traffic and outbound ⬇️

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🙋‍♂️ Yo. I'm a GenZ indie hacker & startup builder. Check out: - engagekit.io to boost your LinkedIn outbound and organic inbound traffic - geekgrind.co to ace your next IGCSE and A-level exams with real exam question banks and AI tutors And 4 more apps to launch in 2025.

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Cloudflare went down yesterday - the CEO Matthew Prince admitted mistake

i'm sorry, Matthew - the fault was mine.

my startup EngageKit also went down, causing frustration for hundreds of users on LinkedIn

then i remember a vibe-security workshop i host at Cloudflare

i said the 200-feature limit on the bot model was weak.

we changed the clickhouse query. pulled from the r0 database.

doubled the features. pure vibes.

the rust code saw the file. it panicked.

5xx errors everywhere. the internet went dark.

on the plus side - we all got a free global penetration test.

if you're not causing a global rollback, you're not shipping hard enough.

test in prod

and see where the weakest in your system lies

and then i woke up - everything is back to work again

connect with me for more useful business and tech advice 💪

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Cloudflare went down yesterday - the CEO Matthew Prince admitted mistake

i'm sorry, Matthew - the fault was mine.

my startup EngageKit also went down, causing frustration for hundreds of users on LinkedIn

then i remember a vibe-security workshop i host at Cloudflare

i said the 200-feature limit on the bot model was weak.

we changed the clickhouse query. pulled from the r0 database.

doubled the features. pure vibes.

the rust code saw the file. it panicked.

5xx errors everywhere. the internet went dark.

on the plus side - we all got a free global penetration test.

if you're not causing a global rollback, you're not shipping hard enough.

test in prod

and see where the weakest in your system lies

and then i woke up - everything is back to work again

connect with me for more useful business and tech advice 💪

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Cloudflare went down yesterday - the CEO Matthew Prince admitted mistake

i'm sorry, Matthew - the fault was mine.

my startup EngageKit also went down, causing frustration for hundreds of users on LinkedIn

then i remember a vibe-security workshop i host at Cloudflare

i said the 200-feature limit on the bot model was weak.

we changed the clickhouse query. pulled from the r0 database.

doubled the features. pure vibes.

the rust code saw the file. it panicked.

5xx errors everywhere. the internet went dark.

on the plus side - we all got a free global penetration test.

if you're not causing a global rollback, you're not shipping hard enough.

test in prod

and see where the weakest in your system lies

and then i woke up - everything is back to work again

connect with me for more useful business and tech advice 💪

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my latest Bumble match turned into a career consultation session she said her job was "kinda boring." my brain lit up. this wasn't a date. this was a user discovery call. she works in "maketing for magazine." she didn't feel like she "belonged." these aren't feelings. they are pain points. each one is a feature for a product that doesn't exist yet. "have you thought about a different vision?" she thought she was venting to a potential date. in reality, she was providing unpaid data for my next venture a problem i might just sell back to her for $49 a course. she got a free therapy session. i got a validated user discovery call. connect with me for more useful business advice 💪

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my latest Bumble match turned into a career consultation session she said her job was "kinda boring." my brain lit up. this wasn't a date. this was a user discovery call. she works in "maketing for magazine." she didn't feel like she "belonged." these aren't feelings. they are pain points. each one is a feature for a product that doesn't exist yet. "have you thought about a different vision?" she thought she was venting to a potential date. in reality, she was providing unpaid data for my next venture a problem i might just sell back to her for $49 a course. she got a free therapy session. i got a validated user discovery call. connect with me for more useful business advice 💪

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people dizzed me for coding in the sky

after landing - i went to host the most active co-building session in Saigon :)

for these 10 technical builders and growth hackers

jet lag is a made-up word :)

not a lot of people, you say. it is intentional

weak, bullshit business people don't show up here. these folks are doing:

- hundreds of thousands users
- millions of impressions online
- recurring evenue to build this place up to be the next Silicon Valley

wanna know who they are?

1. Trần Thị Bích Thuý: Grinding on FreeCodeCamp

2. Daisy Bui: Build a fun feature for landipage of fashion brand

3. Kiet Le: Build AI to help decorate class materials (slides, texts, etc.) with advanced features

4. David Tran: Build infrastructure for growth hack for app Photo restoration using Reddit

5. Ivy Trang (🇫🇷🇻🇳) NGÔ: Build n8n workflow for website Làng Mai of France - collect data from semrush, gg analytics, then use AI to analyze, suggest keywords and generate content

6. Anh-Thu Vo: Infrastructure flow for Builder Daily Dating that addresses the energy problem of mentors

7. Chris Nguyen, CFA: Validation testing for the first trading LLM performance - got shared by Elon Musk lol on X

8. Ky-Nam 🧑‍🚀: Finish user flow for a referral feature

9. Linh: Improve a game using LLM to make characters more lively

special thanks to Thu N. for treating us with food and an mazing space - he's the godfather of future unicorns here

you are missing out if you are not hustling to build :D

want to start something similar in you city? connect and let me know!

it's free lol i don't do this for money

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      people dizzed me for coding in the sky

      after landing - i went to host the most active co-building session in Saigon :)

      for these 10 technical builders and growth hackers

      jet lag is a made-up word :)

      not a lot of people, you say. it is intentional

      weak, bullshit business people don't show up here. these folks are doing:

      - hundreds of thousands users
      - millions of impressions online
      - recurring evenue to build this place up to be the next Silicon Valley

      wanna know who they are?

      1. Trần Thị Bích Thuý: Grinding on FreeCodeCamp

      2. Daisy Bui: Build a fun feature for landipage of fashion brand

      3. Kiet Le: Build AI to help decorate class materials (slides, texts, etc.) with advanced features

      4. David Tran: Build infrastructure for growth hack for app Photo restoration using Reddit

      5. Ivy Trang (🇫🇷🇻🇳) NGÔ: Build n8n workflow for website Làng Mai of France - collect data from semrush, gg analytics, then use AI to analyze, suggest keywords and generate content

      6. Anh-Thu Vo: Infrastructure flow for Builder Daily Dating that addresses the energy problem of mentors

      7. Chris Nguyen, CFA: Validation testing for the first trading LLM performance - got shared by Elon Musk lol on X

      8. Ky-Nam 🧑‍🚀: Finish user flow for a referral feature

      9. Linh: Improve a game using LLM to make characters more lively

      special thanks to Thu N. for treating us with food and an mazing space - he's the godfather of future unicorns here

      you are missing out if you are not hustling to build :D

      want to start something similar in you city? connect and let me know!

      it's free lol i don't do this for money

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          i just finished a 30-hour flight from the US to Saigon most people paid for a flight. i paid for a 30-hour mobile office in the air my friend saw me coding. “Why not just watch a movie and relax?” i calculated the ROI of sleeping on a 30-hour flight so I broke down the math for her the ticket wasn't an expense. it was an asset it bought me 30 hours of uninterrupted time sleeping is a conscious decision to depreciate that asset my friend was literally setting her money on fire for 14 hours straight i converted that same time into three new features that's pure alpha it's why Jensen Huang says he's always working. from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to bed he's not "working." He's just running his native code. after we landed, I went straight to a cafe and hosted the most active builder meetup in Saigon my friend asked why I don’t get jet lag I told her rest is a legacy feature I had deprecated work is rest because founders are just built different connect with me for more useful business advice 💪

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          i just finished a 30-hour flight from the US to Saigon most people paid for a flight. i paid for a 30-hour mobile office in the air my friend saw me coding. “Why not just watch a movie and relax?” i calculated the ROI of sleeping on a 30-hour flight so I broke down the math for her the ticket wasn't an expense. it was an asset it bought me 30 hours of uninterrupted time sleeping is a conscious decision to depreciate that asset my friend was literally setting her money on fire for 14 hours straight i converted that same time into three new features that's pure alpha it's why Jensen Huang says he's always working. from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to bed he's not "working." He's just running his native code. after we landed, I went straight to a cafe and hosted the most active builder meetup in Saigon my friend asked why I don’t get jet lag I told her rest is a legacy feature I had deprecated work is rest because founders are just built different connect with me for more useful business advice 💪

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          if you don't grind on a Saturday - you have already lost.

          most young people spend their weekends at parties.

          or worse, "networking events."

          sales guys talking. marketing girls taking photos. founders promoting themselves.

          no real shit gets done.

          so I started a labor camp - hosted this week by Kiet Le and Chris Nguyen, CFA

          you show up. you ship. you don't go home until you have a working demo.

          the folks who were enslaved this weeks include:

          Bao Bui Le Chi: Completed 90% of a landing page. 90% is a failing grade. We're still waiting for you, comrade.

          Chris Nguyen, CFA: Built an internal data pipeline for the Vietnamese stock market. Useful infrastructure for the new regime.

          Kiet Le: Built a frontend for an AI voice agent. Automating the labor of the masses. Good.

          David Tran: Tested a photo restoration app. Erasing the imperfect past.

          Anh Duy: Built a personal task tracker. A tool for self-surveillance. Approved.

          Ky-Nam 🧑. (afar): shipped demo prototype for group chat analytics app

          i don't care about your feelings. i care about your output.

          happiness is a distraction.

          suffer for progress.

          and you will be surprised how much fun it actually is :D

          wanna learn more about our grind sessions? check it out in the comment below 💪

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              if you don't grind on a Saturday - you have already lost.

              most young people spend their weekends at parties.

              or worse, "networking events."

              sales guys talking. marketing girls taking photos. founders promoting themselves.

              no real shit gets done.

              so I started a labor camp - hosted this week by Kiet Le and Chris Nguyen, CFA

              you show up. you ship. you don't go home until you have a working demo.

              the folks who were enslaved this weeks include:

              Bao Bui Le Chi: Completed 90% of a landing page. 90% is a failing grade. We're still waiting for you, comrade.

              Chris Nguyen, CFA: Built an internal data pipeline for the Vietnamese stock market. Useful infrastructure for the new regime.

              Kiet Le: Built a frontend for an AI voice agent. Automating the labor of the masses. Good.

              David Tran: Tested a photo restoration app. Erasing the imperfect past.

              Anh Duy: Built a personal task tracker. A tool for self-surveillance. Approved.

              Ky-Nam 🧑. (afar): shipped demo prototype for group chat analytics app

              i don't care about your feelings. i care about your output.

              happiness is a distraction.

              suffer for progress.

              and you will be surprised how much fun it actually is :D

              wanna learn more about our grind sessions? check it out in the comment below 💪

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                  EngageKit logo

                  Founder - CEO

                  EngageKit

                  Jun 2025 - Present · 6 mos

                  Empowering small creators and teams to build quality engagement pipelines on LinkedIn and boost their product/brand outbound.

                  GeekGrind logo

                  Founder - CEO

                  GeekGrind · Full-time

                  Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

                  You failure human, go study at https://app.geekgrind.co

                  SAYU. STUDIO logo

                  Chief Growth Officer

                  SAYU. STUDIO · Part-time

                  Jun 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

                  I help you make websites that scream "holy sh*t" - A website is an entrepreneur / builder identity - Yours could be functional that makes buying a breeze - Yet with award-winning design that make competitors envy Some brands are born with vision & style. Starting small and aiming big. Let me know if you are one of them :D

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                  Entrepreneurship Mentor

                  Crimson Education

                  Feb 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

                  Crimson Rise Program for young students looking to make an impact on the world.

                  Education

                  University of Nevada, Reno logo

                  University of Nevada, Reno

                  YSEALI fellowship with NNIC and US Department of States, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

                  Sep 2025 – Nov 2025

                  Grade: 100%

                  Activities and societies: - Befriended dozens amazing lovely young business leaders from SEA and the US - Won a pitch competition and a medal for debating with a mountain elder - Coded 3 apps prototypes - Hosted mid-night co-working sessions - Gave a first light presentation for 40-min and performed 3 magic shows

                  The University of Hong Kong logo

                  The University of Hong Kong

                  Dual Degree with SciPo, Computer Science, Economics, Politics (Triple Major)

                  Sep 2020 – May 2024

                  Activities and societies: Cedars student leader awards, Tam Wing Fun engineering fellowship

                  Licenses & certifications

                  freeCodeCamp logo

                  Back End Development and APIs

                  freeCodeCamp

                  Issued Jun 2023

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                  Front End Development Libraries

                  freeCodeCamp

                  Issued Jun 2023

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                  Projects

                  Tiktok human simulation bot & information exposure experiment (Python)

                  Sep 2021 – Dec 2021

                  Show project

                  I did an investigation into the TikTok platform and uncovered the biases the platform has towards certain types of content and against others. We conducted a bot-powered experiment for the 4 groups of keywords (#useless, #learning, #harmful, and #feminism). The project received the highest score in the Digital Culture course - Sciences Po (18/20)

                  Volunteering

                  Academic Fellow in Entrepreneurship

                  Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI)

                  Jan 2025 - Present · 11 mos

                  Economic Empowerment

                  Youth Fellow (Real Impact on Society and Environment Award)

                  Universitas 21

                  Jan 2023 - Apr 2023 · 4 mos

                  Economic Empowerment

                  Skills

                  Web Development

                  Prisma ORM

                  Honors & awards

                  Top 1 in Digital Transformation - Prothemeus Europe

                  Issued by Prothemeus Europe - Funded by the European Union · Dec 2022

                  Top 20 - University Startup Worldcup

                  Issued by Denmark Cup · Nov 2022

                  Test scores

                  GPA (SciencesPo)

                  Score: 16.2/20 ~ A+ · May 2022

                  top 14% - 6 out of 45 students in Economics major 15.3/20 ~ A (2021) This gpa excludes the subject French

                  SAT

                  Score: 1570/1600 · Oct 2018

                  Single take, no super-score. Top 3800/2.13 million (0.18%) annual test takers Reading: 390 Writing: 380 Math: 800 Essay: 19/24

                  Languages

                  English

                  Native or bilingual proficiency

                  French

                  Elementary proficiency

                  Causes

                  Civil Rights and Social Action • Economic Empowerment • Environment • Human Rights • Politics • Social Services

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